In 2013, Time Magazine asked the Wheaton-based artist to paint Pope Francis. The portrait would grace the cover of “The ...

ROME -- Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying ...

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican's "trial of the century" announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for "the good of the ...

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives ...

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

A Chicago filmmaker was in Rome for Pope Francis' funeral and spoke with Fox 32 about his film about the first millennial who ...

In the six years since Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker took office, members of the Illinois General Assembly have run afoul of the law at a staggering pace, even for a body with a history of greed and ...

As a Jew reading about Pope Francis’ funeral wishes, the precedent set by Rabban Gamliel immediately came to mind. These two ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin a secret conclave to elect the next pope on May 7 , a senior Vatican source told Reuters ...

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people ...

Here are five pivotal moments in Pope Francis’ relations with Native communities. Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9, 2015 At a world summit of activists against social inequality, Francis asked ...